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FERDINAND E. OANDA, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

FEEDING-RACK FOR CATTLE-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,010, dated November4, 1890.

Application filed December 6, 1889. Serial No. 332,796. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FERDINAND .E. CANDA, of New York city, in the countyand State of New York, have invented new and Improved Feeding-Racks forCattle-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to the construction of cattle-cars, the object ofthe invention being to provide for the stowage of the fodder employed inthe feeding of the cattle, and at the same time to provide for the easydelivery of such fodder from the storage-compartments to thefeeding-racks.

The invention consists in a novel arrangement and combination of parts,as will be hereinafter described, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the Views,

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal sectional view of a portion of a carembodying my in- Vention. Fig. 2 is a detail view illustrating a certainconnection employed in the construction of the car. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view on line a w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional view of a portion of a car, the view being taken on line y yof Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a view on line a z of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a planview of a portion of the roof of the car.

In constructing the car forming the subject-matter of this application Iprovide car- ,lings 10, that are connected to the plates 11 in theordinary manner. Into the carlings 10 there are framed purlins 12 and12, the purlins 12 being located directly beneath the roof or runningboard 13, while the purlins 12 are located adjacent to the plates 11.Above the purlins 12 there are secured auxiliary face-boards 14, whichrest upon the main roof-boards 15, battens 16 being by preferencelocated as represented in Fig. 3. To the running-board 13, I hinge trapsor doors 17, which normally rest in the position in which the trap isshown upon the left in Fig. 3 and constitute a portion of the roof ofthe car.

To the carlings 10, I secure longitudinal strips 18, into which thereare framed struts 19, which abut against the posts 20, the posts beingby preference gained to receive the lower ends of the struts. Theadjacent sides or faces of the strips 18 are formed with shoulders atand b, the ceiling-boards 21 abutting against the shoulders a, while astrip 22, which constitutes the upper chord of a truss formed by thestruts 19 and such strip, abuts against the shoulders I), the partsbeing held to place by screws or other fastening devices that are passedup through the strip 22 and through the ceiling-boards to engage the carling. Between the posts I arrange strips 23, into which strips the lowerends of the rackbars 24 are framed, the upper ends of such bars beingframed into the strips 18. The struts 19, arranged as above, inconnection with the posts and carlings, form an important feature in theconstruction of cattle-cars, as they greatly add to the strength of thecar, make it stiff, and capable of resisting the torsional strains towhich stock-cars are subjected in case of collision or derailment. Myimprovement thus contributes directly to the safety of the live stockcarried, provides fodder-space, and yet leaves abundant headroom withinthe car.

Although not positively essential, I prefer to protect the strips 23 bymeans of irons 25, that are attached as represented'in Fig. 3.

From the construction above described it will be seen that between eachcarling there is formed a storage-compartment A, to which compartmentsaccess is obtained through the openings B, that are normally closed bythe lids or traps 17, the compartments A in turn being in freecommunication with the mangerspaces 0, as will be readily seen by aninspection of Fig; 3. In this way I provide for the carrying of a largeamount of fodder, which may be readily fed from the storagecompartmentsto the manger-spaces, and at the same time I provide for the filling ofthe manger-spaces through the openings B.

With such a construction as the one above described itbecomes desirableto make some provision whereby the approaching edges of adjacent traps17 will be prevented from becoming bound together by congealed water, aswould be the case if such ends abutted and rested directly upon thecarlings. To avoid this binding of the traps,I prefer to cut away thecarlings, as shown upon the right in Fig. 3 and in Figs. 4, 5, and 6,the ends of the traps being supported by strips 30, that are secured tothe carlings, as shown. The upper edge of the cut away portion of thecarlings is V- shaped and constitutes a gutter that is adapted to carryoff any water which may drip from the edges of the traps thereinto, thecarling extending outward so that it is flush with the outer surface ofthe auxiliary face-boards. It will be noticed that the edges of thetraps 17 do not touch, a space being left between such edges.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a cattle-car, in combination With the roof ofthe car and the carlings supporting the roof and the floor 21, theinclined struts extending from the carlings to the side posts,

as herein shown and described, whereby the car is strengthened, spaceprovided for hay, and the struts rendered available as parts of thehay-racks, as set forth.

2. In a cattle-oar, the combination, with the carlings, side posts, androof, of the inclined struts, rack-bars, and ceiling-boards, as hereinshown and described, whereby fodder-chainbers and rack are providedbetween the several carlings without loss of head-room, as set forth.

3. In a cattle-car, the combination, with the carlings formed withV-shaped cut-away sections, of strips 30, secured to the carlings, andlids 17, hinged to the car roof or board 13 and resting upon the strips,substantially as shown and described.

FERDINAND E. CANDA.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD KENT, J12, O. SEDGWICK.

